So according to nostr:nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhgprdmhxue69uhkwmr9v9ek7mnpw3hhytnyv4mz7un9d3shjqgcwaehxw309ahx7umywf5hvefwv9c8qtmjv4kxz7gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7s3al0v And my own brief reading of their protocol, hosting your own instance, isn't like hosting a mastodon instance like I had kind of assumed. It is not a totally independent but federated server.
It gives you more control over your data, but everything is generally synced back to their primary giga server.
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